Identification tag



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c. F. MITCHELL ET AL IDENTIFIGA'TION TAG y Filed April 4, 1922' l I llllxll Patented Sept. 25, 1923.

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CHARLES F. MITCHELL ANI) CHARLES R. BOESCHE, `I? BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.,

IDENTIFICATION TAG.

Application filed April 4,

To aZZ whom t may concern:

Be it known that CHARLES F. MIToHnLL and CHARLES R. BoEscHn, citizens of thev United States, residing at Baltimore, in the State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Identica- Y tion Tags, of which the following is aspeciication.

This invention relates to improvements in identification tags such as laundry tagsV which may readily be clipped to articles that lare to pass through a public laundry during the washing or ironing thereof so that the owner of each article may readily be identi- The object of the invention is to provide an improved constructionl of tag -that mayV readily be clipped to a fabric article that is to be laundered without injury tothe latter andwhioh because of 'a number it bears will indicate the owner, whereby the articles need not bepermanentlv vmarked with indelible ink which mars the appearance of t-he article.

With these objects in view, the invention detail through the latch-holding devicethe section being taken on the line 4 4 of Fi 1.

ig. 5 shows an enlargedv vertical crosssectional detail through secured-together tag parts as the same would appear if cut on the line 5--5 of Fig. l, and

Fig. 6 illustrates the secured-together tagparts looking at that edgewhere the locking bar is carried and engaged.

In carrying out our invention we make use of two plates one of which is designated 10, and may be termed the tongue-plate while the other is designated 11 and may be termed the clamp-plate.

The tongue-plate 10, is provided with a slot 12, and one wall of this slot has engaging-means Y13 projecting from one edge thereof and in a direction that we term inwardly, because said engagingemeans eX-v tion 20, for a 1922. serial No. 549.11m.

-a depth about equal to the thickness of the plate itself', for a purpose that will presently be explained.A

Adjacent to the ends of the slotsli and 16 the tongue-plate is notched at one edge whereby to produce -two edge or corner-lugs 18and 19 respectively, ,and the lug 19, is provided with a locking recess or perforapurpose that will presently be explained.

To the lug18, there is pivotally attached, A

atk 21, one end of 'a locking-bar 22, which latter is provided midway between its ends with an off-set portion 237,' also for a purpose that will presently be explained.

The free-end 2450i the locking barihas al depression 25, punched therein from vone vside'which produces a rounded projection 26 on the opposite side .which latter will register and snap into engagement with the locking recess orperforation 20 Vin `corner-lug 19 of the tongue-plate when said bar is swung around to the locking position shown in Figs. 1-'2-4 and 6 of thedrawings. n

The clamp-plate 11, isk provided with a slot 27 whichregisters with the slot 12 andy the engaging-means l3nt the tongue-plate, as clearly shown in Fig. 5, of the drawing, and said clamp-platealso has a cross-bar 28, which is,V separated from the clamping portion ofl the plate by horizontal edge notches or slots 29 so that the metal 80, left in the clamp-plate between the innerv ends of the notches or slots 29 will be suliiciently narrow to pass through the intermediate cross-slot 14 of the tongue-plate. The clamp-plate is bent forwardly along a horizontal line Vthrough the metal 30 to produce a forwardly-extending cross-wise off-set 31, of a depth substantially equal to the thickness of the plate itself, as clearly shown in the sectional view of Fig. 5, so that' the rearward oit-set 17 of the tongueplate and the forward off-set 31, of the clamp-plate occur at the slot 14 oit' the tongue-plate and the edge notches or slots 29 of the clampplate.

It will be noted that the cross-bar 28 gf the clamp-plate is of'less width in a horizontal direction than the distance between Ysufficient width will loe produced to permit lll the cross-bar 28 to be passed down and i'orwardly-through said gap so that the upper or clamping portion of the clamp-plate will have position 'at one face of the tongue-plate while the lower portion of said clamp-plate will have position againstthe opposite face of the said tongue-plate. rhe effect theretoi'e of this construction is to'pivotallzg7 connect said two plates by passing` one through the slot 14': ofthe otherj-the two oli-sets 17 and 3l permitting' this to be done whileallowing.;` the adjacent" clamping `ends of said plates to be swung` into a substantially parallel posit-ion to clamp a fabric article 'that may be inserted betweenthein.

Below the cross-bar E28,A theVclanip-plate has a central latch-tongue 82 of less-'width han the cross-bar which extends down between the two' corner-lugs i8 and 19 of the tongue-plate and said latch-tongue 32, is'so positioned las to lie in a plane substantially flush with the two endsof the pivoted latchbir 22, whereby the off-setccntral portion 23 of said latch-bar will overlie the latchtongue 32. and loclz it in a, position to hold 'the clamp-plate and tongue-plate in the clamping' position as shown in Figs; 1 2-5 6 of thedrawing. Y

Y'To attach the tag tov a fabric'article the saine'will be opened as shown iny Fig. 3, and the spread-,apart plates will Vbe placed o'vervan edge oit the `fabric. rEhe latch-tongue 3Q, will then be swung' to a-position between the corner-lugs 18 and 19, which movement will swingthe clamp-portions ot' the tongueplate and the clamp-plate into clamping engagement with the interposed fabric. The latch bar will then bevswung; around so that the. central off-set 23, will overlie the-latchvtongue and when the free end 24 oit'V said latch-bar passes under the'corner lug 19i as in Fig. Ll, its projection .'26, willi-snap into the i'eccss'or perforation 2() klofjth'e lug and liold the parts in the clamped position.

lll hen in the clamped position,V theengaging ineens i3 of the tongue-plate will press the 'fabric yinto the slot 27 of the Vclamp- -nf-O viti 1t "-nv f l t r (wha b' piade mi nod n\\e\ ei pene uiinb t e ia ric but with suiiicientgrippino action to secure the tao tothe fabric. j

e i Each taff will bear anurnber assr'rneej to a customer so that identification Aor ownervship can readilyihe established;

Having described.v our invention; we

clainn- "with clamping` plate *having* across-slot with a slit in the plate at each end 'of the slot whereliythe nieta-lof the platebounded by the Vslot and the two lslits maj,7 be'tein-` i, in anideiitiiication tag the-combination porariiy bent to one side,oi" a second' clainping plato ha ing one end thereoii'inserted through tl"l ,clot of the first-named plate and pi Y ci the si; by said slot and slits whereby toY form a clamp' and meansmto hold l the' two plates clamped. Y Y l 2. ln an identification tag the combinaf retainedthereinby the metal ,c Erst-named plate that is bounded tion with clamping plate having acrossslot and previded with a slit at each end of the cross-slot saidk plate also haring two of a secondV clampingat extendingv through the cross-slot'of rthe hist-named plate and haviiiga latch-tongue on the inserted end 'thereof which projects between the said two lugs of the iirst-nalined plate the said two plates being4 pivotallyengagged by thebearing of one onthe'otherat Y oriiietes if Marci-ELL( ci-iiiiaLE-s n.; Y BoEsoHE.

e edge ot the cross-slot, and means eXtendsigna- 

